Analysis of marine ecosystem responses to climate change, with special emphasis on extreme events linked to atmospheric forcing, through integrated monitoring, advanced computing, reconstruction of past variability, experimental assessment, and modelling of impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, developing predictive tools that support adaptive management.
Assessment of the ecological status of coastal and oceanic waters, organisms, and sediments, addressing the development of advanced strategies for the determination of emerging and priority pollutants and the analysis of their effects on planktonic and benthic communities, through bioindicators, biomonitors, and integrated water–sediment–biota assessments to guide mitigation and remediation strategies.
Identificación e cartografía de hábitats e áreas clave para a biodiversidade mariña, que abranguen ambientes oceánicos, costeiros e estuarinos e inclúen comunidades microbianas, faunísticas e de produtores primarios, tanto bentónicas como peláxicas, que sustenten as redes tróficas e permitan avaliar a produtividade e os recursos vivos. Avaliación da súa conectividade, estado ecolóxico e capacidade de recuperación para deseñar e implementar solucións baseadas na natureza orientadas á restauración de ecosistemas degradados. Desenvolvemento de metodoloxías de restauración e seguimento da recuperación mediante indicadores ecolóxicos e biolóxicos en organismos e comunidades.
Integration of oceanographic sciences (physical, chemical, biological, and geological) and social sciences into coastal spatial planning, through vulnerability maps and socio-ecological indicators that allow risk assessment and knowledge transfer to public policies and marine spatial planning processes, with emphasis on the gender perspective.
